Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g
The Postmodern Theory of History in PRAXIS
Buch, Englisch, 204 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 295 g
Reihe: Routledge Approaches to History
ISBN: 978-1-032-12399-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
How to Write About the Holocaust is a contribution to ongoing debates in historiography and Holocaust studies. More specifically, it combines the theoretical framework that has developed in historiography in the last half a century with the demands of Holocaust representation.
The first part of the book analyzes the newest trends in theory of history, focusing especially on postmodernism, starting from the works of the American historian and theorist Hayden White and tracing the genealogy of the postmodern influence in history both from an epistemological and from a political perspective. The second part continues by incorporating these theoretical developments into specific written examples on the Holocaust.
By analyzing major works about it, including Saul Friedländer’s and Dan Stone’s histories of the Holocaust, the book attempts to answer questions like: what is the most appropriate way to write about the Holocaust and what can theory teach us about the practice of history? To conclude, the volume explores the connection between history and literature and asks if the distinction between fact and fiction has become outdated.
Zielgruppe
Postgraduate
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
- Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction Part 1: The Rise and Fall of Postmodernism in Historiography 1. Hayden White and theory of history 2. The Legacy of Metahistory: Epistemological radicalism and political anxieties for the future of historiography 3. Postmodernism and Afterward: Theory and Politics Part 2: Postmodernism in Praxis: Just another Holocaust History? 4. Hayden White and the Holocaust as a modernist event 5. The uniqueness-comparability argument: a postmodern approach 6. Beyond Historiography: the 21st century historical novel 7. Conclusion
